1.How much was the combine able to harvest in eight hours?

2.A common semi-truck grain hopper can hold approximately 1000 bushels (or 60,000 lbs) of wheat in a load. Using this information as a guideline how many semi-trucks would have been required to haul what the combine harvested?

3.Describe how this puts Agriculture in perspective to you when many urban dwellers believe Farming to be a dying industry in North America.